Illy is definitely one of my favorite logos, as is Leica. They both posess a really perfect balance of shapes and curves, as well as a clean contrast btween the red and white. illy is like 60% red/40% white... looks really nice.

In medievalEurope, the pelican was thought to be particularly attentive to her young, to the point of providing her own blood when no other food was available. As a result, the pelican became a symbol of the Passion of Jesus and of the Eucharist. It also became a symbol in bestiaries for self-sacrifice, and was used in heraldry ("a pelican in her piety" or "a pelican vulning (wounding) herself").